Posts Tagged: inspire

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9
Jan 12

do something. anything.

As an artist, I often think I’m not good enough — yet.
Still build­ing to what I could be,
but not quite there.
Want­ing to embrace what might be,
but feel­ing too unpol­ished and exper­i­men­tal to try.
What if it isn’t about art,
but the art of let­ting it go–
Into the wild
to pur­sue it’s own life.
Do some­thing. Any­thing.
Then let it go.

 

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11
Oct 11

Mountain Spirit

Ear­lier this year I had the amaz­ing oppor­tu­nity to visit Peru to explore a story about moun­tain guides. How­ever, when I arrived there and started work­ing on it, I real­ized there was an even deeper story.

Being in the Andes reminded me about what I love the moun­tains. The Andes are mag­nif­i­cent, not only in their beauty, but also in the peo­ple that live & work there. I was inspired not only by the com­pany of our group but sim­ply by the energy that exists there. In the moun­tains, daily tasks are ori­ented toward food, shel­ter, sleep, and com­mu­nity. There is more space to reflect & appre­ci­ate. It is in that space, change can happen.

When I asked Julio why he was guid­ing, he talked about a change he saw in peo­ple after vis­it­ing the Andes and I instantly under­stood. Being a guide myself, I’ve seen it as well. It is one of the most amaz­ing expe­ri­ences to be a part of. I was intrigued how this drew him into guid­ing. The story that unfolded was of fam­ily, strug­gle, and inspi­ra­tion. I found it a lit­tle dif­fi­cult to con­vey in a 5 minute spot, but you can watch it here.

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16
Oct 10

Drive on, never give up

Drive on and never give up! Inspir­ing words from wounded sol­der Steve Baskis in a phone inter­view after climb­ing Lobuche. Con­grats to the 11 sol­diers on their climb! There’s a great post of the play-by-play of sum­mit day on the Sol­diers to the Sum­mit web­site. Can’t wait to see the pho­tos and videos from the trip.

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30
Sep 10

New Trailer: Soldiers to the Summit

Yes!! As men­tioned in my post “Blind and Naked”, I’m fol­low­ing the film­ing efforts of Sol­diers to the Sum­mit. A new trailer was posted yes­ter­day. Check it out below! Their climb starts Octo­ber 1st. Inspi­ra­tion at it’s best. Go team!

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16
Sep 10

Conquerors of the Useless

Have you seen 180° South yet? This film had a last­ing impact on me, such that I’ve now watched it sev­eral times reliv­ing it’s adven­ture and soak­ing in it’s wis­dom. For me, this film embod­ies the idea of “liv­ing the dream”. I love this film because it inspires me to fol­low my pas­sions and reminds me that what’s impor­tant is the jouney, not the sum­mit or end goal. If you have not seen it, it’s avail­able via stream­ing on net­flix. Trailer below.

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